Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination “on the basis of sex.” It applies to all state education agencies, elementary and secondary school systems, colleges and universities, vocational schools, proprietary schools, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, libraries, and museums that receive federal financial assistance. In other words, all public and many private K-12 schools, as well as nearly all public and private colleges and universities, must comply.
“Sex” under Title IX means biological sex, male or female. This was the ordinary public meaning of the term at the time of Title IX’s enactment, and, as the Supreme Court of the United States has stated, “sex, like race and national origin, is an immutable characteristic determined solely by the accident of birth.” Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677, 687 (1973). Thus, Title IX protects girls’ sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms from cross-dressing males and woke teachers and administrators who use children to advance the teachers’ and educators’ extreme transexual psychosocial agenda. For example, a public high school that allows a biological male to play on the girls’ volleyball team or a middle school that allows a boy to use the girls’ restroom because he claims to be female violates the law. Likewise, a school district that treats a girl who claims to be a boy differently than the other girls, e.g., by providing her access to special programs, activities, and privileges, also likely violates the law.
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has stated that discrimination on the basis of sex commingled with acts of religious discrimination is prohibited by Title IX. Thus, federal law prohibits schools accepting federal funds from maintaining policies compelling students to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs by sharing restrooms with members of the opposite sex or mandating that students violate those same beliefs and requiring “transgender and gender-expansive students” be referred to with pronouns that do not match their biological sex.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that parents of children who suffer discrimination “on the basis of sex” may immediately sue to enforce the law.
Therefore, parents and guardians may file a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. A complaint must ordinarily be filed within 180 days of the last act of discrimination. However, the deadline can be waived if good cause is shown as to why a complaint was not filed within 180 days. Sometimes, a parent may want to use the school’s own process to resolve issues. However, this is not required before filing a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights. If a parent/guardian uses the school’s process and is dissatisfied, then the federal complaint must be filed within 60 days after the school’s process is complete.
The Office for Civil Rights complaint website portal is here; the federal electronic discrimination complaint form is here. A complaint may also be filed by letter. Here is an example that you can use instead of the federal form:
